This summer I have working at Mafiga Secondary School, Morogoroto conduct research and deliver English language teaching to mixed ability classes of 35-60 students. Ahead of this, I successfully climbed Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise as much money as I can for Mafiga Secondary School (the school I'm teaching in). 

I have chronicled the trek and my subsequent time in Morogro on this personal blog: https://carlitakestanzania.wordpress.com 

I'm hoping to raise as much money as I can for the school and with one week left to go I am determined to meet by £1,000.00 fundraising target.

Just £10 covers the cost of teaching a child for one month! 

*** The cost of climbing Kilimanjaro and my time in Tanzania is covered 100% by our / my personal finances. 100% of all monies raised will go directly to WIA to ensure the charity and it's activities are sustained. ***

The Trek: 

I summited Uhuru peak (8:30am Sunday 10th July) after a challenging 9.5 hour hike. Standing tall on the roof of Africa at 5895m with 40% oxygen wouldn’t have been possible if it were not for my mountain soldiers  who pushed, pulled, held my hand and kept my spirits high, the 34 strong crew and the encouragement and warm smiles from hundreds of porters and fellow trekkers that saw me through acute altitude sickness which nearly meant I didn't make it...

On July 5th I set off on the 62 km/ 37 mile journey from Machame gate to Uhuru Peak climbing 5,895 meters up the volcanic mountain and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. I stood tall on the ‘Roof of Africa’ at 8:30am on Sunday 10th July after a 9.5 hour summit having climbed 5,895 meters over 6 days trekking through 5 vegetation zones. The experience was a truly memorable one. There were both ups and downs, mainly ups but I would be lying if I said it was all easy and that there wasn’t time when I felt totally defeated and robbed of all dignity. 

You can read all about the trek and the challenges endured and the memories made on my blog here: 

https://carlitakestanzania.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/kilimanjaro-machame-route/

The Teaching: 

I have been working full time as part of the core teaching team in Mafiga Secondary School in Morogoro designing and delivering daily lessons in English language curriculum to secondary school students and students sitting the Ordinary Level Secondary Education (14-17 yrs) and Advanced level Secondary Education (17-19 yrs) exams. I will be teaching independently for five days a week for six weeks (eek!). During my time at Mafiga I’ll be responsible for independently teaching English Language to the following classes:

Form 1: class D (UK year 7)
Form 3: class Sci (UK year 10)
Form 4: class Sci & Com (UK year 11)

Warwick in Africa: 

WIA is a philanthropically funded programme supporting Math's and English education to young learners in South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana. At the heart of the project is the belief in education as a direct root and liberation from poverty and was founded by Prof. Patrick Dunne whose vision for WIA arose from his own life experience and educational trajectory. Growing up in Liverpool it was through formal education that Prof. Dunne was able to achieve. 

WIA has grown from 12 volunteer teachers in six Johannesburg schools in 2006 to 136 volunteers in 25 schools in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa. Thus reaching over 280,000 young Africans to date. 

What WIA does:

Volunteer Teachers: deliver English and Maths tuition in schools in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. 

Teacher Master Classes: UK teachers deliver teaching programmes and master classes in schools in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. 

Warwick Study Programme: two-week intensive training course at Warwick enhances African teachers leadership and teaching skills, and they use these skills to inspire more teachers and education professionals when they return home. 

What your donation could deliver: 

£10 - will teach one child for a whole month through WIA. 

£150 - could pay for a school resources grant to buy whatever will make a real difference in that school. It could be anything from a new chalkboard, sports equipment or a carpenter to fix wobbly desks. 

£150 - could teach 15 children for a whole month through Warwick in Africa.

£150 - could teach 15 children for a whole month through Warwick in Africa.

£14, 056 - could pay the full costs for 6 talented African teachers to attend the Warwick Study Programme - a 2 week intensive training programme at the University of Warwick.

£17, 127 - could pay the full costs for our Master Class programme in Limpopo, South Africa.